RE: Retrieve System i user's password?

["John Earl" <john.earl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's good - but with long password support you can include blanks - so
you can type 

"Mary had a little lamb"
or
"I was there when Bonds hit #756!"
or
"this is really 1 stoopid fricking password"

jte
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 12:36 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Retrieve System i user's password?
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> long password support?  make your password something you won't
> forget...like for example:
>
> thisisreally1stoopidfrickingpassword
>
> should be fairly easy to remember 8^)
>
> Thanks,
> Tommy Holden
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> The post-it note is currently stuck on the back of my employee
badge...
> <lol>
> Steve
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 2:11 PM
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>
> > > AND
> > > 5) at least one digit...
> >
> > Don't forget #6.... "write the password down on a post-it."
> >
> > I've never been a big lover of these rules as you make the password
so
> > complicated to remember that it has to be written down. Of course,
now
> > that you've enabled large password support it's less of an issue.
> >
> > -Walden
> >
> >
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> > Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
> > (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Landess
> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 1:56 PM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Re: Retrieve System i user's password?
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> > AND
> >
> > 5) at least one digit...
> >
> > (forgot that...)
> >
> > - sjl
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Landess" <sjl_abc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion"
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 12:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: Retrieve System i user's password?
> >
> >
> > > Rob -
> > >
> > > They are trying to solve a problem that will go away after the next
> > > password
> > > change cycle (< 90 days).  We just implemented long password
support
> > on
> > > the
> > > iSeries systems, and during the interim period they want this
solution
> > in
> > > the event someone needs to reset their password.
> > >
> > > My recommendation is to wait 90 days and the problem will fix
> > itself...
> > > We currently have password rules in place that will require:
> > >
> > > 1) At least 1 upper-case character
> > > 2) At least 1 special character
> > > 3) No repeating characters
> > > 4) No characters can be repeated in the same position as the
previous
> > > password.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Steve
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